different between disarray vs discomposure

English

Etymology

From Middle English disareyen (“to disarray”), from Middle French desarroyer, from Old French desareer, from des- (“dis-”) + areer (“to array”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s???e?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Verb

disarray (third-person singular simple present disarrays, present participle disarraying, simple past and past participle disarrayed)

1. (transitive) To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
   • 1726, Elijah Fenton, Odyssey

     Who with fiery steeds / Oft disarray'd the foes in battle ranged.

2. (transitive) To take off the dress of; to unrobe.

Antonyms

• array

Translations

Noun

disarray (uncountable)

1. Lack of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
2. Confused attire; undress; dishabille.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:disorder

Translations

English

Etymology

dis- +? composure

Noun

discomposure (countable and uncountable, plural discomposures)

1. The state of being discomposed.
   • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     And now it was that I began to keep a journal of every day's employment; for, indeed, at first I was in too much hurry, and not only hurry as to labour, but in too much discomposure of mind; and my journal would have been full of many dull things[.]
2. (obsolete) Discordance; disagreement of parts.

   • But this is wrought by emission , or suppression , or suffocation , of the native spirits ; and also by the disordination and discomposure of the tangible parts , and other passages of nature , and not by a conflict of heats

References

• discomposure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.